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Fishes Taxonomy (Sharks)
- Note - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
- Order HEXANCHIFORMES - Sixgill, Sevengill and Frilled Sharks
- Family CHLAMYDOSELA - Frilled Sharks
- Genre Chlamydoselachus
- Chlamydoselachus anguineus -- Frilled shark
- Genre Chlamydoselachus
- Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks
- Genre Heptranchias
- Heptranchias perlo -- Sharpnose sevengill shark
- Genre Hexanchus
- Hexanchus griseus -- Bluntnose sixgill shark
- Hexanchus vitulus -- Bigeye sixgill shark
- Genre Notorynchus
- Notorynchus cepedianus -- Broadnose or spotted sevengill shark
- Genre Heptranchias
- Family CHLAMYDOSELA - Frilled Sharks
- Order SQUALIFORMES - Dogfish Sharks
- Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks
- Genre Echinorhinus
- Echinorhinus brucus -- Bramble shark
- Echinorhinus cookei -- Prickly shark
- Genre Echinorhinus
- Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks
- Genre Aculeola
- Aculeola nigra -- Hooktooth dogfish
- Genre Centrophorus
- Centrophorus acus -- Needle dogfish
- Centrophorus granulosus -- Gulper shark
- Centrophorus harrissoni -- Dumb gulper shark
- Centrophorus lusitanicus -- Lowfin gulper shark
- Centrophorus moluccensis -- Smallfin gulper shark
- Centrophorus niaukang -- Taiwan gulper shark
- Centrophorus squamosus -- Leafscale gulper shark
- Centrophorus tesselatus -- Mosaic gulper shark
- Centrophorus uyato -- Little gulper shark
- Genre Centroscyllium
- Centroscyllium fabricii -- Black dogfish
- Centroscyllium granulatum -- Granular dogfish
- Centroscyllium kamoharai -- Bareskin dogfish
- Centroscyllium nigrum -- Combtooth dogfish
- Centroscyllium ornatum -- Ornate dogfish
- Centroscyllium ritteri -- Whitefin dogfish
- Genre Centroscymnus
- Centroscymnus coelolepis -- Portuguese dogfish
- Centroscymnus crepidater -- Longnose velvet dogfish
- Centroscymnus cryptacanthus -- Shortnose velvet dogfish
- Centroscymnus macracanthus -- Largespine velvet dogfish
- Centroscymnus owstoni -- Roughskin dogfish
- Centroscymnus plunketi -- Plunket shark
- Genre Aculeola
- Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks
- Cirrhigaleus barbifer -- Mandarin dogfish
- Dalatias licha -- Kitefin shark
- Deania calcea -- Birdbeak dogfish
- Deania hystricosum -- Rough longnose dogfish
- Deania profundorum -- Arrowhead dogfish
- Deania quadrispinosum -- Longsnout dogfish
- Etmopterus baxteri -- New Zealand lanternshark
- Etmopterus brachyurus -- Shorttail lanternshark
- Etmopterus bullisi -- Lined lanternshark
- Etmopterus carteri -- Cylindrical lanternshark
- Etmopterus decacuspidatus -- Combtooth lanternshark
- Etmopterus gracilispinis -- Broadband lanternshark
- Etmopterus granulosus -- Southern lanternshark
- Etmopterus hillianus -- Carribean lanternshark
- Etmopterus lucifer -- Blackbelly lanternshark
- Etmopterus perryi -- Dwarf lanternshark
- Etmopterus polli -- African lanternshark
- Etmopterus princeps -- Great lanternshark
- Etmopterus pusillus -- Smooth lanternshark
- Etmopterus schultzi -- Fringefin lanternshark
- Etmopterus sentosus -- Thorny lanternshark
- Etmopterus spinax -- Velvet belly
- Etmopterus unicolor -- Brown lanternshark
- Etmopterus villosus -- Hawaiian lanternshark
- Etmopterus virens -- Green lanternshark
- Euprotomicroides zantedeschia -- Taillight shark
- Europtomicrus bispinatus -- Pygmy shark
- Heteroscymnoides marleyi -- Longnose pygmy shark
- Isistius brasiliensis -- Cookiecutter or cigar shark
- Isistius plutodus -- Largetooth cookiecutter shark
- Mollisquama parini -- Softskin dogfish
- Scymnodalatias sherwoodi -- Sherwood dogfish
- Scymnodon ichiharai -- Japanese velvet dogfish
- Scymnodon ringens -- Knifetooth dogfish
- Scymnodon squamulosus -- Greenland sleeper shark
- Somniosus pacificus -- Pacific sleeper shark
- Somniosus rostratus -- Little sleeper shark
- Squaliolus laticaudus -- Spined pygmy shark
- Squalus acanthias -- Piked dogfish
- Squalus asper -- Roughskin spurdog
- Squalus blainvillei -- Longnose spurdog
- Squalus cubensis -- Cuban dogfish
- Squalus japonicus -- Japanese spurdog
- Squalus magalops -- Shortnose spurdog
- Squalus melanurus -- Blacktail spurdog
- Squalus mitsukurii -- Shortspine spurdog
- Squalus rancureli -- Cyrano spurdog
- Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks
- Oxynotus bruniensis -- Prickly dogfish
- Oxynotus carribaeus -- Carribean roughshark
- Oxynotus centrina -- Angular roughshark
- Oxynotus japonicus -- Japanese roughshark
- Oxynotus paradoxus -- Sailfin roughshark
- Order PRISTIOPHORIFORMES - Sawsharks
- Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks
- Pliotrema warreni -- Sixgill sawshark
- Pristiophorus cirratus -- Longnose sawshark
- Pristiophorus japonicus -- Japanese sawshark
- Pristiophorus nudipinnis -- Shortnose sawshark
- Pristiophorus schroederi -- Bahamas sawshark
- Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks
- Order SQUATINIFORMES - Angelsharks
- Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks
- Squatina aculeata -- Sawback angelshark
- Squatina africana -- African angelshark
- Squatina argentina -- Argentine angelshark
- Squatina australis -- Australian angelshark
- Squatina californica -- Pacific angelshark
- Squatina dumeril -- Sand devil
- Squatina formosa -- Taiwan angelshark
- Squatina japonica -- Japanese angelshark
- Squatina nebulosa -- Clouded angelshark
- Squatina oculata -- Smoothback angelshark
- Squatina squatina -- Angelshark
- Squatina tergocellata -- Ornate angelshark
- Squatina tergocellatoides -- Ocellated angelshark
- Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks
- Order HETERODONTIFORMES - Bullhead Sharks
- Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks
- Heterodontus francisci -- Horn shark
- Heterodontus galeatus -- Crested bullhead shark
- Heterodontus japonicus -- Japanese bullhead shark
- Heterodontus mexicanus -- Mexican hornshark
- Heterodontus portusjacksonj -- Port Jackson shark
- Heterodontus quoyi -- Galapagos bullhead shark
- Heterodontus ramalheira -- Whitespotted bullhead shark
- Heterodontus zebra -- Zebra bullhead shark
- Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks
- Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES - Carpetsharks
- Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks
- Cirrhoscyllium expolitum -- Barbelthroat carpetshark
- Cirrhoscyllium formosanum -- Taiwan saddled carpetshark
- Cirrhoscyllium japonicum -- Saddled carpetshark
- Parascyllium ferrugineum -- Rusty carpetshark
- Parascyllium multimaculatum -- Tasmanian carpetshark
- Parascyllium variolatum -- Necklace carpetshark or Varied carpetshark
- Family BRACHAELURIDAE - Blind sharks
- Brachaelurus waddi -- Blind shark
- Heteroscyllium colcloughi -- Bluegrey carpetshark
- Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs
- Eucrossorhinus dasypogon -- Tasselled wobbegong
- Orectolobus japonicus -- Japanese wobbegong
- Orectolobus maculatus -- Spotted wobbegong
- Orectolobus ornatus -- Ornate wobbegong
- Orectolobus wardi -- Northern wobbegong
- Sutorectus tentaculatus -- Cobbler wobbegong
- Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark
- Chiloscyllium arabicum -- Arabian carpetshark
- Chiloscyllium burmensis -- Burmese bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum -- Bluespotted bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium griseum -- Grey bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium hasselti -- Indonesian bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium indicum -- Slender bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium plagiosum -- Whitespotted bambooshark
- Chiloscyllium punctatum -- Brownbanded bambooshark
- Hemiscyllium freycineti -- Indonesian speckled carpetshark
- Hemiscyllium hallstromi -- Papuan epaulette shark
- Hemiscyllium ocellatum -- Epaulette shark
- Hemiscyllium strahani -- Hooded carpetshark
- Hemiscyllium trispeculare -- Speckled carpetshark
- Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks
- Genre Ginglymostoma
- Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum -- Shorttail nurse shark
- Ginglymostoma cirratum -- Nurse shark
- Genre Nebrius
- Nebrius ferrugineus -- Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark
- Genre Ginglymostoma
- Family STEGOSTOMATIDAE - Zebra Sharks
- Genre Nebrius
- Nebrius fasciatum -- Zebra shark
- Genre Nebrius
- Family RHINCODONTIDAE - Whale Sharks
- Genre Rhincodon
- Rhincodon typus -- Whale shark
- Genre Rhincodon
- Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks
- Order LAMNIFORMES - Mackerel Sharks
- Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks
- Genre Carcharias
- Carcharias taurus -- Sand tiger, spotted raggedtooth, or grey nurse shark
- Eugomphodus tricuspidatus -- Indian sand tiger
- Odontaspis ferox -- Smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail raggedtooth
- Odontaspis noronhai -- Bigeye sand tiger
- Genre Carcharias
- Family PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE - Crocodile Sharks
- Genre Pseudocarcharias
- Pseudocarcharias kamoharai -- Crocodile shark
- Genre Pseudocarcharias
- Family MITSUKURINIDAE - Goblin Sharks
- Genre Mitsukurina
- Mitsukurina owstoni -- Goblin shark
- Genre Mitsukurina
- Family MEGACHASMIDAE - Megamouth Sharks
- Genre Megachasma
- Megachasma pelagios -- Megamouth Shark
- Genre Megachasma
- Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks
- Genre Alopias
- Alopias pelagicus -- Pelagic thresher
- Alopias superciliosus -- Bigeye thresher
- Alopias vulpinus -- Thresher shark
- Genre Alopias
- Family CETORHINIDAE - Basking Sharks
- Genre Cetorhinus
- Cetorhinus maximus -- Basking shark
- Genre Cetorhinus
- Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks
- Genre Carcharodon
- Carcharodon carcharias -- Great white shark
- Genre Isurus
- Isurus oxyrinchus -- Shortfin mako
- Isurus paucus -- Longfin mako
- Genre Lamna
- Lamna ditropis -- Salmon shark
- Lamna nasus -- Probeagle shark
- Genre Carcharodon
- Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks
- Order CARCHARHINIFORMES - Ground Sharks
- Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks
- Genre Apristurus
- Apristurus atlanticus -- Atlantic ghost catshark
- Apristurus brunneus -- Brown catshark
- Apristurus canutus -- Hoary catshark
- Apristurus federovi -- Federov's catshark
- Apristurus herklotsi -- Longfin catshark
- Apristurus indicus -- Smallbelly catshark
- Apristurus investigatoris -- Broadnose catshark
- Apristurus japonicus -- Japanese catshark
- Apristurus kampae -- Longnose catshark
- Apristurus laurussoni -- Iceland catshark
- Apristurus longicephalus -- Longhead catshark
- Apristurus macrorhynchus -- Flathead catshark
- Apristurus maderensis -- Madeira catshark
- Apristurus manis -- Ghost catshark
- Apristurus microps -- Smalleye catshark
- Apristurus nasutus -- Largenose catshark
- Apristurus parvipinnis -- Smallfin catshark
- Apristurus pinguis -- Fat catshark
- Apristurus platyrhynchus -- Spatulasnout catshark
- Apristurus profundorum -- Deepwater catshark
- Apristurus riveri -- Broadgill catshark
- Apristurus saldanha -- Saldanha catshark
- Apristurus sibogae -- Pale catshark
- Apristurus sinensis -- South China catshark
- Apristurus spongiceps -- Spongehead catshark
- Apristurus stenseni -- Panama ghost catshark
- Apristurus verweyi -- Borneo catshark
- Genre Asymbolus
- Asymbolus analis -- Australian spotted catshark
- Asymbolus vincenti -- Gulf catshark
- Genre Atelomycterus
- Atelomycterus macleayi -- Australian marbled catshark
- Atelomycterus marmoratus -- Coral catshark
- Genre Aulohalaelurus
- Aulohalaelurus labiosus -- Blackspotted catshark
- Genre Cephaloscyllium
- Cephaloscyllium fasciatum -- Reticulated swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium isabellum -- Draughtsboard shark
- Cephaloscyllium laticeps -- Australian swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium nascione -- Whitefinned swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium silasi -- Indian swellshark
- Cephaloscyllium sufflans -- Balloon shark
- Cephaloscyllium ventriosum -- Swellshark
- Genre Cephalurus
- Cephalurus cephalus -- Lollipop catshark
- Genre Galeus
- Galeus arae -- Roughtail catshark
- Galeus boardmani -- Australian sawtail catshark
- Galeus eastmani -- Gecko catshark
- Galeus melastomus -- Blackmouth catshark
- Galeus murinus -- Mouse catshark
- Galeus nipponensis -- Broadfin sawtail catshark
- Galeus piperatus -- Peppered catshark
- Galeus polli -- African sawtail catshark
- Galeus sauteri -- Blacktip sawtail catshark
- Galeus schultzi -- Dwarf sawtail catshark
- Genre Halaelurus
- Halaelurus alcocki -- Arabian catshark
- Halaelurus boesemani -- Speckled catshark
- Halaelurus buergeri -- Blackspotted catshark
- Halaelurus canescens -- Dusky catshark
- Halaelurus dawsoni -- New Zealand catshark
- Halaelurus hispidus -- Bristly catshark
- Halaelurus immaculatus -- Spotless catshark
- Halaelurus lineatus -- Lined catshark
- Halaelurus lutarius -- Mud catshark
- Halaelurus natalensis -- Tiger catshark
- Halaelurus quagga -- Quagga catshark
- Genre Haploblepharus
- Haploblepharus edwardsii -- Puffadder shyshark
- Haploblepharus fuscus -- Brown shyshark
- Haploblepharus pictus -- Dark shyshark
- Holohalaelurus punctatus -- African spotted catshark
- Holohalaelurus regani -- Izak catshark
- Genre Parmaturus
- Parmaturus campechiensis -- Campeche catshark
- Parmaturus macmillani -- New Zealand filetail
- Parmaturus melanobranchius -- Blackgill catshark
- Parmaturus pilosus -- Salamander shark
- Parmaturus xaniurus -- Filetail catshark
- Genre Pentanchus
- Pentanchus profundicolus -- Onefin catshark
- Genre Poroderma
- Poroderma africanum -- Striped catshark or pyjama shark
- [[Poroderma marleyi] -- Barbeled catshark
- Poroderma patherinum -- Leopard catshark
- Genre Schroederichthys
- Schroederichthys bivius -- Narrowmouth catshark
- Schroederichthys chilensis -- Redspotted catshark
- Schroederichthys maculatus -- Narrowtail catshark
- Schroederichthys tenuis -- Slender catshark
- Genre Scyliorhinus
- Scyliorhinus besnardi -- Polkadot catshark
- Scyliorhinus boa -- Boa catshark
- Scyliorhinus canicula -- Smallspotted catshark
- Scyliorhinus capensis -- Yellowspotted catshark
- Scyliorhinus cervigoni -- West African catshark
- Scyliorhinus garmani -- Brownspotted catshark
- Scyliorhinus haeckelii -- Freckled catshark
- Scyliorhinus hesperius -- Whitesaddled catshark
- Scyliorhinus meadi -- Blotched catshark
- Scyliorhinus retifer -- Chain catshark
- Scyliorhinus stellaris -- Nursehound
- Scyliorhinus torazame -- Cloudy catshark
- Scyliorhinus torrei -- Dwarf catshark
- Genre Apristurus
- Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks
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